Tore Lindstrom segment manager plastics, at ABB Robotics urges the plastics industry to invest in flexible automated handling and processing solutions. PLASTICS PRODUCTS ARE associated primarily with high volume production and increasingly, at least in developed nations, with high levels of automation. However, much of the automation in the plastics manufacturing sector is inflexible and is designed for products for which an apparently endless lifetime was predicted. Further, traditional automation is not aimed at handling the new kind of materials pushed by cost and environmental drivers.
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